AI-Driven Bioinformatics Scientist for Cancer Research

Kite Pharma, Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Kite Pharma, Inc. in Santa Monica, CA, is hiring a Research Scientist I in Attribute Sciences Computational Biology, AI & Scientific Informatics to accelerate AI adoption across Analytical Development.

You'll build AI-powered tools, partner with Process Development, Analytical Development, Manufacturing Sciences, Digital/IT, and Data Science to create AI agents, RAG systems, workflows, and predictive models guiding process development and product knowledge for viral vector-based gene delivery

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience; or Bachelor’s with 6+ years; or Associate’s with 8+ years; or High School with 10+ years.
• 3+ years of AI experience including LLMs, vector databases, agentic frameworks, prompt engineering and evaluation.
• Knowledge of cell biology, cancer biology, and/or immunology.
• Experience in ML, statistics, data visualization and experimental design.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy AI agents that support scientific workflows.
• Analyze multi-modal biological datasets and develop data pipelines.
• Automate repetitive scientific workflows and improve data discovery.
• Collaborate with scientists, IT and digital teams to apply AI solutions.
• Build predictive and descriptive models plus dashboards for process development.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Prompt engineering

Problem solving

Self-motivation

Education

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Data Science/CS

Masters + 4+ years experience

Bachelor’s + 6+ years experience

Associates + 8+ years experience

High School + 10+ year experience

Tools

Python

SQL

R

LLMs

Vector databases

Job description

Kite Pharma, Inc. in Santa Monica, CA, is hiring a Research Scientist I in Attribute Sciences Computational Biology, AI & Scientific Informatics to accelerate AI adoption across Analytical Development.

You'll build AI-powered tools, partner with Process Development, Analytical Development, Manufacturing Sciences, Digital/IT, and Data Science to create AI agents, RAG systems, workflows, and predictive models guiding process development and product knowledge for viral vector-based gene delivery